Rickenbacker Seeks Club to Correct War Record
Capt. Ed Rickenbacker, famed Hat in the Ring ace, asks the Board of Correction of Military Records to credit him with 27 downed German planes in World War I, one more than the widely cited 26. An adjutant of his squadron provides old records supporting the claim. the board will study the matter and advise the secretary of the Air Force in weeks or months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eddie Rickenbacker
Air Force
Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Board of Correction of Military Records
Panama Canal Zone
Army
Records Correction Board
Frightened 17-Year-Old Faces Kidnapping Charge
In Atlanta a 17-year-old described as frightened and confused was jailed on a $20,000 bond after being indicted for kidnapping 7-year-old Sally Carroll. He surrendered after a four day search, with authorities saying he enticed the girl and fled in a car before a mother halted the abduction with a car ramming chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Chicago
Raymond Alwyn McMahon
Fulton County
McMahon
William Schley Howard Jr
East Point
Minnie Hardy
Sally Carroll
Travels 2 500 Miles By Taxi
Venezuelan industrialist Enrique A. Eraso and his wife arrived in Mexico City from Miami by taxi. Driver Peter Molina recounted the unusual trip, begun June 13 in a 1959 Cadillac, with the journey costing about 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Enrique A. Eraso
Miami
Peter Molina
Eraso
Molina
Pampas cover vast area in South America
The pampas span about 200000 square miles in South America, a broad grassland region. Turkey has a population near 19 million, reflecting its large demographic size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampas
South America
Turkey
Fasteeth Denture Powder Advertisement
Do your false teeth slip and wobble while you eat or talk. Sprinkle a little PTEETH on your plates to hold teeth firmly and comfortably. Alkaline powder with no pasty taste. Controls denture odor. Get FASTEETH at drug counters everywhere.
Plastic Globe May Be Aid To Navigators
A plastic hemisphere the size of half a basketball helps space pilots locate position without electronics. Captain P. W. H. Weems, age 70, proposes this method for satellites and moon trips, calling it space pietoing. The device uses engraved navigational stars and earth as reference to determine latitude and longitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Thompson
Annapolis
P. W. H., Weems
Navy
Capt. Weems
Earth
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weems
Couple Wed In Setting Of Old West In Kemmerer Wyoming
Judith Day Roudebaugh and Thomas A. Hollaman wed in a pioneer ceremony beside covered wagons at the Oregon Trail monument in Kemmerer’s Triangle Park. The Oregon Cavalcade travelers retrace the historic Oregon Trail between Independence Missouri and Independence Oregon. The Rev R F Meier officiated in period attire as celestial references noted for navigation were mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemmerer
Wyo
Judith Day Roudebaugh
Thomas A. Hollaman
Drain
Ore
Oregon
Oregon Trail
Independence
Indepence
Ned of
Oregon Trail Monument
Kemmerer’s
Triangle Park
R. F. Meier
Kemmerer Methodist Church
Chicago Negro Gets Life Term For Attack
Norman Hill 24 of Evanston was given life imprisonment the maximum under state law for raping a 19 year old white girl. He was convicted May 1 by a jury and will be eligible for parole in about 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harold P. O'Connell
Criminal Court
Norman Hill
Evanston
Hill
Joseph Dumas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Northeas
Dakotas
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Tennessee
Atlantic
Georgia
Ace
By Elton C. Fay
Robert E Carroll Jr
Gordon
Gordon's Dry Gin Co, Ltd
Linden
Aries
Weeems
William S. Stone
Air Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Stone
Military Air Transport Service
Dumas
Monroe Area
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport
Louisiana
Alexandria
Hemenway’s
Monroe Trade Area
Hemenway Furniture Company
Second Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!